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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELEANOR OAR-RICK OOLVER, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

LAST OR TREE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 573,644, dated December 22, 1896.

Application filed February 10, 1896, Serial No. 578,668. (No model.)

I 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELEANOR CARRICK 00L- vEE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, county of New York,

, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lasts or Trees, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to improvements in lasts or trees adapted for the purpose of maintaining shoes in proper shape while they are not in use. This object has generally been effected by means of expensive wooden lasts, and it is my object to provide a cheap and effective device for this purpose which will be so constructed as to be adaptable for adjustment to shoes of variable proportions.

The invention will be hereinafter fully described and specifically set forth in the annexed claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device, and Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view upon a line a: so of Fig. 1.

In the practice of my invention I provide, primarily, a hollow last A, which comprises two vertical sections A and A These said sections are pivotally attached to a solid plug B, of wood or other suitable material, by means of pins or spindles a. To the said plug B is secured a ring I), which is adapted for use in handling the device when it is being attached or removed from a shoe.

Located at any suitable place between the sections A and A of the last A are springs O, which springs are normally expanded, whereby the last is maintained normally in an extended position, as illustrated in the drawings.

The sections A and A of the last are composed, preferably, of compressed fiberfor instance, paper fiber; but I do not confine myself to any specific material.

In the operation of the device the two sections will be compressed and forced into an engagement with the inner surface of any suitable shoe, and the resilient action of the springs C will cause the sections A and A to engage tightly with the inside walls of the shoe, whereby said shoe will be constantly maintained in an extended position, and the leather-forming part thereof will never be permitted to collapse at any portion of the shoe, thus maintaining the shoe in excellent shape to its advantage.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A last consisting of two hollow vertical concave sections, means for pivotally connecting the said sections comprising a plug adapted to fit between the upper portion of the said hollow vertical concave sections provided with spindles for each section, said spindles passing through the said plug in a line parallel with the longest diameter of the last, and having attached to their ends the said vertical sections, and means for expanding transversely the said hollow vertical sections, consisting of springs arranged interiorly and secured to the concave face of the said hollow vertical sections.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 7th day of February, 1896.

ELEANOR OARRICK COLVER.

\Vitnesses:

M. G. MAGLEAN, S. SCHWARTZ. 

